The Creation of World Poverty

Hayter, Teresa
Publisher:  Pluto Press, london, United Kingdom
Year First Published:  {12094 The Creation of World Poverty CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY Hayter, Teresa Pluto Press london United Kingdom Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense. 1981 1983 128pp BC12094-TheCreationOfWP.jpg B Book 330.16 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Foreword <br>Introduction <br>Survival <br>Extremes of Poverty and Wealth <br>Conventional Explanations for Poverty <br>This Past is Not Irrelevant <br>The Europeans Get Ahead <br>Plunder and Loot <br>Plantations, Works and Slaves <br>Profits <br>Markets and the Destruction of Industries <br>Free Trade and Comparative Advantage <br>Hunger <br>Workers and Wages <br>Terms of Trade <br>Exports of Capital <br>Aid <br>Industrialisation <br>Repression and Foreign Support For It <br>Resistance <br>Socialism or Barbarism <br>Bibliography CX6234 1 false true false CX6234.htm [0xc000e4f0e0 0xc0005c6330 0xc0005ee8a0 0xc0005ef6e0 0xc0005fe6c0 0xc0005ff980 0xc0000cd080 0xc0002d6060 0xc000579aa0 0xc000713380 0xc0007306c0 0xc000bd1ec0 0xc0007ca990 0xc0007cbef0 0xc000255020 0xc0002b5da0 0xc0012cede0 0xc000f4e8d0 0xc00062c420 0xc001cf9290 0xc001cf9c20 0xc001d36930 0xc001e57050 0xc002bfc120] Cx}
Year Published:  1983
Pages:  128pp     Dewey:  330.16
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6234

Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Survival
Extremes of Poverty and Wealth
Conventional Explanations for Poverty
This Past is Not Irrelevant
The Europeans Get Ahead
Plunder and Loot
Plantations, Works and Slaves
Profits
Markets and the Destruction of Industries
Free Trade and Comparative Advantage
Hunger
Workers and Wages
Terms of Trade
Exports of Capital
Aid
Industrialisation
Repression and Foreign Support For It
Resistance
Socialism or Barbarism
Bibliography

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